Begun Surname
Approximately 4,836 people bear this surname
Begun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus | 1,212 | 1:7,839 | 1,130 |
| Russia | 1,147 | 1:125,652 | 14,891 |
| United States | 678 | 1:534,600 | 44,420 |
| India | 662 | 1:1,158,709 | 46,960 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Turkey | 178 | 1:437,199 | 25,899 |
| Kazakhstan | 117 | 1:151,132 | 15,098 |
| England | 94 | 1:592,745 | 35,632 |
| Moldova | 84 | 1:42,397 | 6,377 |
| Pakistan | 38 | 1:4,701,155 | 31,402 |
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| Uzbekistan | 27 | 1:1,145,524 | 21,534 |
| Transnistria | 25 | 1:18,988 | 3,397 |
| Mexico | 25 | 1:4,965,048 | 29,049 |
| Canada | 21 | 1:1,754,552 | 114,935 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| Israel | 12 | 1:713,136 | 47,700 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 11 | 1:542,969 | 40,072 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Afghanistan | 11 | 1:2,923,017 | 17,932 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 30 | 1:1,673,956 | 87,330 |
Begun (247) may also be a first name.
Begun Demographics
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Begun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Begun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Begun (Bengali: বেগুন, Hindi: बेगुन, Marathi: बेगुं, Oriya: େବଗୁନ, Russian: Бегун) is found in Belarus more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Begun? popularity and diffusion
Begun is the 98,071st most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,506,937 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 47 percent of Begun live; 44 percent live in Eastern Europe and 42 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Begun is also the 567,531st most frequent first name globally, held by 247 people.
This surname is most numerous in Belarus, where it is borne by 1,212 people, or 1 in 7,839. In Belarus it is most prevalent in: Vitebsk Region, where 29 percent live, Minsk, where 22 percent live and Mogilev Region, where 15 percent live. Besides Belarus it is found in 44 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 24 percent live and The United States, where 14 percent live.
Begun Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Begun has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Begun surname expanded 2,260 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Begun Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Orthodox (88%) in Russia, Orthodox (92%) in Belarus, Orthodox (80%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (73%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Begun are 10.07% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 56.84% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Begun earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 18.09% more than the national average, earning $50,954 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.85% more than the national average, earning $51,598 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Begun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Begun in the Bengali language | ||
| বেগুন | beguna | - |
| Begun in the Hindi language | ||
| बेगुन | beguna | - |
| Begun in the Marathi language | ||
| बेगुं | begum | - |
| Begun in the Oriya language | ||
| େବଗୁନ | ebaguna | 57.14 |
| େବଗୁନ୍ | ebagun | 28.57 |
| େବଗନ | ebagana | 14.29 |
| Begun in the Russian language | ||
| Бегун | begun | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Begun
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